Bike Trip

When Orkin was 17 she wanted to see the 1939 World’s Fair that was in New York City. She somehow managed to convince her parents to allow her to bicycle across the country. She hitch-hiked for the long distances, but ended up biking over 2000 miles through the big cities, and took many memorable photos everywhere she went.

Lower Manhattan, 1939

Hosteling in New Hampshire, 1939

New York El, 1939

Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 1939

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 1939

Trylon and Perisphere, Times Square, New York City, 1939

Silhouette, San Francisco, 1939

Bike trip scrapbook page, 1939

Bike trip scrapbook page, 1939

Bike trip press from the Washington Post, 1939

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